| 单词 | sister |
| 释义 | sister n. 1. a woman or girl in relation to sons and other daughters of her parents. 2. a (often as a form of address) a close female friend or associate. b a female fellow member of a trade union, class, sect, or the human race. 3. a senior female nurse. 4. a member of a female religious order. 5. (attrib.) of the same type or design or origin etc. (sister ship; prose, the younger sister of verse). Phrases and idioms sister german see GERMAN. sister-in-law (pl. sisters-in-law) 1. the sister of one's wife or husband. 2. the wife of one's brother. 3. the wife of one's brother-in-law. Sister of Mercy a member of an educational or charitable order of women, esp. that founded in Dublin in 1827. sister uterine see UTERINE. Derivatives sisterless adj. sisterly adj. sisterliness n. Etymology: ME sister (f. ON), suster etc. (repr. OE sweoster f. Gmc) |
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